Collapsible stove and stand



March 18 1924. 1,487,377

A. c. GAYNOR COLLAPSIBLE STOVE AND STAND Filed Jan. 19. 1923 ieza Patented rattan ARTHUR, C. GAYNOR, OF STRA'I'FORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO S. STERNAU & CO. INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COLLl-LPSIBLE STOVE AND STAND.

Application filed January 19, 1923. Serial No. 613,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ARTHUR G. GAYNOR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stratford, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Stoves and Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved collapsible stove and stand, the stove being particularly adapted to support and hold in position the well known cans containing solidified alcohol or the like, though, of course, with slightmodifications, all within the scope of my present invention, the improved device may be utilizedv or may be used to support other similar products.

Thestove and stand, when in position for use, is designed primarily for the support of curling irons, though it is evident that any other article within reason may be supported thereon when it is desired to heat the same. 5

One of the objects of my invention is to produce an inexpensive, yet rugged device, the parts being made from pressed metal of suitable shapes to the end that no separate pintles or hinge structures are necessary.

Another object is to provide a structure which will be held in its open operative position when the heating element is mounted thereupon, and when not in use and the heating element removed therefrom, the supporting stands and co-operating elements will lie flat upon the base of the stove so as to render the same easily transported and to be conveniently packed in. a minimum space.

Other objects will appear from the sub joined specification and claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the collapsible stove and stand in position for use showing the fuel containing can in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a section on line33 of Fig. 2, the two supports being also shown folded, in dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4'4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of the stay rod showing its slidable connection with the supporting plate.

from the heat.

The base A is constructed from a single piece of metal and is provided around its edge with a depending flange 10 functioning as a support therefor. An opening 12 is punched through one end of the base A and a similar opening 14 is punched through the other end thereof. Bridging the-opening 12 is a rod or strip 16 which is integral with the metal of the plate, and also bridging the opening lt is a rod or strip 18 which is also integral with the supporting plate serving as supporting hinge elements for the supports B and C as hereinafter described.

Suitably positioned at one end of the base, which end is preferably enlarged for the support of the fuel can, are two guides 20 and 22 which are formed from metal punched up from the supporting base A, leaving similarly shaped openings 24: and 26. Theseguides 20 and 22 are each curved on vertical centers, the inner sides being convex so that each will fit into the vertical concave groves ordinarily placed upon such cans in common use. The guides 20 and 22 are each joined to the support A on the lines of said curves so that they will resist any force that may be exerted on the guides to "bend them outwardly. The Support O is exactly similar in form and construction to the support B except for the upper hinge structure to be hereinafter described, and it is provided with a tongue 40 at the lower end adapted to be bent'over and engage the integral strip of metal 18 bridging the opening 14 so as to form a hinge structure at 15. At each side of the strip of metal forming the hinge, shoulders 42 and 44 are provided for engagement with the upper surface of the support A so as to prevent the standard 0 from being turned outwardly from its upright position. The standard C has an enlarged central portion in'which is provided an elliptical opening 51 to properly fit over the upright 50 on the inner end of the guide D when the stove is collapsed. The upright standard B is also provided at its upper end with extending arms and L6, the upper surface of which is depressed between its ends as at 47 so as to safely hold the curling iron or other article while being heated. The supporting standard B is also hinged to the integral strip 16 bybending thereover a tongue 40 formed at the lower end of this standard to form a suitable supporting hinge structure 15. The stay rod D is provided at one end with a projecting guide 50 which also is curved around a vertical center, the convex side being towards the can of fuel, and it is joined at its base to the stay portion of the stay rod D along the line of said curve so that the guide 50 will also resist a force tending to bend it over caused by any pressure which may be applied against it when the fuel containing can is in position. At the outer end of the stay rod D is provided a bentover portion 56 which is slipped over the integral strip or rod 57 bridging the elliptical opening 58 in the stand B, and the end of which is bent over to form a completely closed hinge 60.

At the lower end of the stay rod D is punched out a T-shaped anchoring strip 80 which is bent down from the end of the stay rod at the juncture of the guide 50 so that the connecting arm t of the T-shapcd element 80 on the stay rod Ilil fit into a slot 70 cut in the supporting plate, which slot extends from the center of that portion of the support A upon which the fuel can rests, to its circumference.

The T-shaped element 011 the stay rod is inserted into the slot 70 when the stay rod is placed substantially at right angles thereto, and arms t and t of the T-shaped por tion will then engage the underside of the support A at each edge of the slot upon turning the stay rod through an angle of 90 degrees. The hinge 60 is completed by turning the end of the stay rod upon the pintle strip 57 enclosing the same about it. The support B may then be further raised and the T-shaped element 80 drawn along the slot to its end, thereby holding the support B in an upright position by reason of engagement of the Tshaped element with the end of the slot 70 as at 71.

From the above it will be apparent that when the upright standards are raised. into the supporting positions the can of fuel may be placed in position, as indicated by the dotted lines, to engage against the support C and so that the supporting guides 20, 22 and 50 will engage the vertical grooves in the can.

Then the fuel can is removed the supporting standards B and C will then assume a flat position along the top of the supporting base A and the up-turned guide portion 50 on the stay-rod will enter and pass through the elliptical opening 51' in the support C, as clearly shown, thus making a compact structure which may be packed away in a flat package.

From the above description it will be observed that the structure has but four parts, one stationary and three movable, each of which may be stamped out of a single piece of metal so that it is not necessary to utilize separate pieces for pintles and for other purposes.

As changes of construction could be made within the scope of my invention it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the kind described which comprises a base plate provided with pintles formed integral therewith at each end of said-base plate, a pair of standards each hinged respectively to each of said pintles to swing towards each other, means on said standards engaging with the base plate to prevent the standards from swinging backwards past the vertical, guides integral with said base plate and extending upwardly therefrom so situated as to receive a can adjacent one of said standards and said guides.

2. A device of the kind described which comprises a base plate having a longitudinally disposed slot substantially in the center thereof and an opening, one at each end thereof, each of said openings being provided with a pintle integral with the base plate, standards hinged one on each of said pintles, an opening in one of said standards, a cross bar integral with the metal of the standard bridging said opening to form a pintle, a stay rod having one end hinged to said pintle and having an integral depending tongue, said tongue engaging with the centrally disposed slot formed in the base plate, and an integral upright guide on the sliding end of said stay strip.

3. A device of the kind described composed of a supporting base, a pair of standards hinged to the base, and a stay rod hinged at one end to one of the standards and having sliding engagement at the other end with the base, each of the said co-operating elements being formed of a single piece of metal.

4. A device of the type described for sup porting a fuel can which comprises a base plate having a slot therein, a pair of standards hinged to said base to swing toward each other and having means to prevent them from swinging back past their upright position, a stay rod hin ed to one of said standards, a tongue on sald stay rod slidable in said slot, said standards being held in upright position by the fuel can when placed between the tongue of said stay rod and the opposite standard.

5. A device of the type described which comprises a base, a pair of standards hinged to said base for supporting a fuel can to swing toward each other and each having means engaging with the base to prevent them from swinging back past their upright position, guides extending upwardly from said base to receive the fuel can when adjacent one of said standards, a stay rod hinged to the opposite standard and having a slidable engagement with said base and a guide element on said stay rod adapted to rest against a can placed between said guides when said standards are in upright position.

6. A device of the type described which comprises a base, a pair of standards hinged on said base to swing toward each other from the respective upright positions to a flat position, a stay rod hinged to one of said standards and having an anchoring end sliding on said base and means for holding a can between the sliding end of said stay rod and the opposite standard to prevent said standards from collapsing.

7. A device of the type described which comprises a base, a pair of standards hinged to said base to permit them to swing toward each other from upright to flat position, guides extending upwardly from said base to receive a can adjacent one of said standards, a stay rod hinged to the opposite standard and having an upwardly projecting guide and a downwardly projecting T- shaped strip at its free end, said base having an elongated slot adapted to receive the T- shaped projection of said stay rod and permit the end of said rod to rest adjacent to a can held in said guides.

8. A device of the type described which comprises a base plate having openings therein, pintles extending across openings in the opposite ends of said plate, standards hinged on said pintles, one on each pintle, stops to prevent said standards swinging outwardly past upright position, a stay rod pivoted to one of said standards and slidably engaging said base plate, an upright guide on the sliding end of said stay rod, and upright guides on said base plate to hold a can between said first mentioned upright guide and the opposite standard when said standards are in upright position.

9. A device of the type described which comprises a base plate having openings at opposite ends thereof and an elongated slot between said openings, each of said openings being provided with a pintle, standards hinged one on each of said pintles, said standards having an opening, a pintle in the opening of one of said standards, a stay rod having one end hinged to said pintle and having a depending tongue sliding in said elongated slot and an upright guide on the sliding end of said stay rod adapted to rest against a can placed against the opposite standard to hold said standards in upright position.

10. In a device of the kind described, a horizontally disposed supporting plate having a piece of metal punched up therefrom in position to retain a can placed on said plate and extending substantially perpendicular thereto and shaped to form a guide curved convexly to the wall of said can, the base of said guide lying in a curved line at its juncture with the supporting plate.

Signed this 17th day of January, 1923.

ARTHUR C. GAYNOR. 

